jdreyer wrote on Jan 10, 2014, 20:10:If you missed Brothers 2 weeks ago on the Steam sale, go straight to check out. Do not pass Go. Do not collect 200 Imperial credits. And for the Emperor's sake, don't read any reviews. Just buy and play.

Well, you should read this:"Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons requires a controller to play"

Cutter wrote on Jan 7, 2014, 13:18:Developed for last-gen consoles. Ripley's daughter? No. No this isn't the game Alien fans have been waiting for.

In Aliens, some suits tell her that her daughter died at the age of 60 something, if I remember correctly. So this game must take place in the decades between Alien and Aliens. That sounds interesting.Last gen consoles... Well, if they add good keyboard/mouse controls, I'm interested in a pc version. I LOVE the first Alien movies, the first being a sci fi horror movie and the second being a sci fi action movie. That said, I should watch Aliens today.

This is just my opinion, but plugging a controller into my pc turns my pc into a console. That's what I personally despise: the controller/gamepad. And now even Steam is luring pc gamers into controller usage. No. Keyboard and mouse or bust. Again: this is just my opinion.

Dev wrote on Jan 5, 2014, 01:10:Not really too dumb, just not willing to hire specialists in the field I think. If they aren't willing to hire the proper people for the right jobs (like security, or UI design), then they need to contract the stuff out.

I guess they had a security workgroup but nobody at Valve/Steam moved their workdesk to it because it seemed to be no fun. Just like single player games in general don't seem to be fun anymore for the Valve people.

So, Steam told me yesterday that I had 7 new items in my inventory. But I couldn't access my inventory. Today, the DDoS attack is over, so my intentory is back online, and guess what? 3 items were snowballs, that vanished the very moment I accessed my inventory. Which makes me want to beat some sense into one of the script kids like their parents should do.

Silicon Avatar wrote on Jan 3, 2014, 13:31:PopCap is mostly just a shell now. Almost all the creative force behind it left or was laid off soon after EA bought them. I feel sorry for the people left behind working for a zombie brand.

Dev wrote on Jan 3, 2014, 09:34:If there's any ddosing going on its from many thousands of legit customers trying to craft before things disappear. Good ole steam and still not having enough front end capacity or load balancing.

Steam still has issues for me. My inventory won't load, and the forum is on/off. Click on a thread, and it works, click on the next page, it won't load. Click again a couple of minute slater, the page loads. I hope they find those DDoS guys and give them a short time in prison. Just long enough to impress them.